Bone infarct-associated sarcoma detected on FDG PET/CT

Clin Nucl Med. 2011 Mar;36(3):218-20. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e318208f30e.

Abstract

Secondary sarcomas arising on the background of a bone infarct are extremely uncommon. Based on the knowledge of classic imaging patterns, however, lesions like bone infarcts can be recognized during positron emission tomography/computed tomography studies, which are now being performed increasingly in cancer patients. We demonstrate the detection of this rare entity on positron emission tomography/computed tomography and its correlation on magnetic resonance imaging in a 56-year-old man with asymptomatic multifocal osteonecrosis secondary to steroid treatment for polymyositis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Bone Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging*
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Positron-Emission Tomography*
  • Sarcoma / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

Substances

  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18